Coomera, Noosa, Maryborough, Cape York; Queensland

Matt Zurbo’s a writer, footballer, journey-man. His off-season odyssey of 2011-12 took him from southern Australia to the northern tip of Queensland, as he sought work and footy grounds. It being the off-season, the scoreboards were bare boards but Matt’s photos still evoke a sense of place, and footy.

Cape York, Far North Queensland

Matt’s off-season odyssey was chronicled on The Footy Almanac website. Lively writing from a bloke who loves his footy and his ute.

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"People can say what they like. There is only one thing that matters in AFL football and that's the scoreboard and it determines so many things. It determines coaches' destinies, club futures and where you are on the ladder." Denis Pagan, North Melbourne premiership coach, The Age, 5 May, 2016

Call us old-fashioned, but banners, club songs and plenty of goals - with or without giant birds flying out of multiple scoreboards - create the basic ingredients for a perfect day or night oout. - Caroline Wilson, The Age, 9 August 2014

"I didn't like the idea of them pulling down the scoreboard because I thought that should have been heritage listed." Bob Hill, Collingwood scoreboard attendant at Victoria Park from the late 1960s to 1999. The Age 24 May, 2014.

Scoreboards are stubborn things but they've been around a long time. Stats are always playing catch up.